Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Coping with Depression . . . The Power of Surrender Part III

Surrender is the diving board to freedom. Listen, when you trust God enough to let go of the hurts and let Him take care of the circumstances that you can't control anyway; you give God room to work in the situation. Why else would He say, "Be still and know that I am God?" You have two options: Let God work in the situation, and leave the results up to Him, or you can have a daily conniption fit and scream and cry why me. You are not going to be happy, if you constantly push God out of the way and try to do His work, for which you are not equipped. But, if you yield, in the fullest since of the word, to God and His providence, He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than you could ask or think.

Surrender to God's will, is the very thing that puts you in God's will. Look, it is one thing if you suffer for what you deserve, but it is quite another to suffer for something that you don't deserve. When you surrender to God's will and bear up under the trial, the Bible tells us that it is there, that you find grace. Do you understand that in the worst of circumstance, that you can then be honored by the Father? Loved one, there are servants of God this world is not worthy of, according to Scripture. It is because, they choose the will of God, not matter the cost. What you get in return for choosing God's will is peace.

Dear one, you must understand that you need the peace of God to make it through any trial, and that only comes with surrender. Let me just tell you plainly, if you have a score to settle: you are wasting your life. God is not interested in you vindicating yourself while passing yourself off as a Christian: that's right, no matter how well versed you are in getting your pint of blood, God doesn't have anything to do with it. Loved one, submit yourself underneath His mighty hand, let Him deal with what you are not capable of dealing with anyway. Follow God, and trust the situation to God's care, and find the freedom that comes from surrender.

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